End 17 Years Of Injustice
Articles
- 31/12/17
Donald Trump’s Guantánamo: Join Tom Wilner and Andy Worthington of Close Guantánamo at a Panel Discussion with Karen Greenberg at New America on Jan. 11, 2018
As we say farewell to 2017, dominated by the malignant shadow of Donald Trump, check out our plans for the 16th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo on Jan. 11. - 19/12/17
Nils Melzer, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, Accuses U.S. of Still Using Torture at Guantánamo, Demands to Be Allowed to Visit and Meet Prisoners
Andy Worthington writes about a recent statement by Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, criticizing the U.S. for its continued use of torture at Guantánamo, and demanding to be allowed to visit prisoners in an unsupervised manner. - 07/12/17
The Guantánamo Art Scandal That Refuses to Go Away
Our co-founder Andy Worthington provides an update on the ongoing scandal of the Pentagon threatening to destroy prisoners' art, in response to an exhibition in New York, with a cross-post of curator Erin Thompson's latest article. - 22/11/17
The Persistent Abuse of Guantánamo Prisoners: Pentagon Claims It Owns Their Art and May Destroy It, But U.S. Has Long Claimed It Even Owns Their Memories of Torture
Andy Worthington looks at the dark truths that lie behind the Pentagon's current claims that the U.S. government owns art made by the prisoners, and may destroy it — truths that indicate that the U.S. believes it even owns prisoners' experiences. - 16/11/17
300 Days of Trump: Join Our Photo Campaign Calling for the Closure of Guantánamo
As we mark the first 300 days of the Trump presidency, we call on Trump to close Guantánamo, and ask you to support our poster campaign by sending in a photo. - 08/11/17
A New Low for Guantánamo’s Credibility: The Brief But Absurd Imprisonment of the Military Commissions’ Chief Defense Counsel
Close Guantánamo co-founder Andy Worthington looks at what may be the troubled military commissions' most ridiculous own-goal yet - the imprisonment of the general in charge of the defense teams.
